So lovely. Makes me want to read the Illiad. ( )

Oh my God I LOVED this book. The fact that the romance is front and center is PERFECT. It's definitely a pet peeve of mine, to say the least, when retellings completely ignore anything LGBT. To be honest even I hadn't been expecting something so raw and emotional, told from Achilles' lover's point of view no less. (Clearly I had not read many reviews, hah.) I love mythology, I love this book. ( )

Es un libro adictivo, que va a abrirte la mente y vas conocer más, mucho más de su mito, que es la guerra de Troya, de las deidades griegas y de todo lo que rodea esta historia. Tiene muy buena narración y se podría considerar como la segunda parte del libro "Circe" de la misma autora. ( )

WOW. What a read. I've always been interested in Greek mythology, but I admittedly didn't know enough about Achilles and Patroclus, apart from the very basic stuff - they were at Troy together, Patroclus was killed and Achilles killed Hector in revenge, and their ashes were mixed together in death. I didn't know the intricacies of their relationship. While this book is a reimagining of a fictional account of some long-gone battle, it still did inspire me to do my own research into the two heroes and their separate stories according to the 'canon'. And this book made me enjoy their supposed relationship even more. It's written beautifully, and I love the framing device of Patroclus, rather than Achilles or a third-person view, narrating the whole story. I loved the way that their relationship is shown blossoming, how much they absolutely adore each other, and how all-encompassing their love is. I loved every page. What a fantastically beautiful piece of LGBT fiction. ( )

CW: Sexual content ( )